ECON 304. Financial Instruments and Institutions.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Economic analysis of initiating, assembling, pricing and marketing equities of bonds, bills and complex financial instruments; financial innovation; its implications for financial stability and market failure; banks as brokers, underwriters, market makers and international allocators of credit; strategies of private and public agents operating in financial markets, monetary history.
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 302D1/D2 (6 credits).